Texas quarterback Colt McCoy and defensive end Brian Orakpo swept the Associated Press Big 12 offensive and defensive players of the year awards on Wednesday. McCoy set a school record with 3,445 passing yards and 32 touchdowns and his 77.6-percent completion percentage is on pace to break the NCAA single-season record. He also finished the […]
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Get ready to travel, Rice fans. Pack your bags, fill the cooler, and get batteries for your GPS. That 3.0 mile haul from Rice Stadium to Reliant Stadium is a doozy. Rice officials have scheduled a press conference for 3:30 today where they are expected to accept an invitation to the Texas Bowl, which will […]
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Mike Leach has talked to Washington about it head coaching position. The Huskies should do all they can to get our favorite pirate lover. It would be a sad day for Texas Tech and the state of Texas to lose the offensive innovator, but it might be the right move for Leach, who was named […]
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It will be the old MLS champ against the new MLS champ. The two-time Dynamo will open the 2009 season March 21 at home against the Columbus Crew, last month’s MLS Cup winners. The match will kick off at 7 p.m. at Robertson Stadium and be televised on Fox Soccer Channel. The Dynamo are 1-1-1 […]
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Gilbert Yvel. Cage Rage Photo. If you polled MMA fans asking them whom they would like to see Josh Barnett take on at Affliction: Day of Reckoning, you would have heard names like Fedor Emelianenko, Tim Sylvia, Fabricio Werdum, Alistair Overeem, and maybe even Brett Rogers. But instead, the good people at Affliction are matching […]
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Yahoo’s top 10 influential women. Photo courtesy of MMAmania.com. You know MMA is blowing up when Gina Carano is ranked alongside Angelina Jolie, Oprah Winfrey and Hilary Clinton on Yahoo’s top 10 influential women list. “Undefeated kickboxing champ Gina Carano upped her profile in her turn as Crush on American Gladiators, then later made television […]
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Murphblog Productions Magic Bowl Selector says… Well, we know where Rice is going, and we know where Southern Miss is headed (Texas Bowl and New Orleans Bowl, respectively). But your Houston Cougars are still in a holding pattern. If it’s the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl up in Fort Worth, the word around the campfire […]
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Fort Worth? Mobile? Houston? Will someone make up their minds already? Our soap opera begins with the GMAC Bowl, where organizers were rumored to be considering extending an invitation to a team other than the C-USA title game loser. The GMAC has the second selection among the six bowl-eligible C-USA teams, and is not required […]
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